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Recent Examples of disingenuous
Internet questions Boone's authenticity The bulk of criticism Boone faces is claims that his brand is disingenuous.
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
There is a prix fixe dinner of three courses for a very reasonable $65, though citing seven dishes with supplements of $4 to $8 seems a tad disingenuous.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
If all rational, moral individuals wanted what the order provided, then critics were either irrational and uninformed or immoral and disingenuous.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2025
Ted is good-looking, popular, and civic-minded, which makes him, naturally, a disingenuous liberal scold.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 July 2025
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2025
There is a prix fixe dinner of three courses for a very reasonable $65, though citing seven dishes with supplements of $4 to $8 seems a tad disingenuous.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
If all rational, moral individuals wanted what the order provided, then critics were either irrational and uninformed or immoral and disingenuous.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2025
Ted is good-looking, popular, and civic-minded, which makes him, naturally, a disingenuous liberal scold.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disingenuous
Adjective
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Industry groups insist that they are committed to weeding out dishonest companies that make false claims or sell dangerous products.—
Suzy Khimm,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
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No, it was done to protect dishonest businesses.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Kelley allegedly sent deceitful emails to unwitting postal employees between 2019 and 2023, telling them to intercept packages that were determined to have been sent by victims of a Jamaican scam that targeted Americans.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Everybody’s playing, everybody’s being deceitful, and Matthew isn’t the worst.—
William Earl,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Officers making contact with Hyatt noted an odor of intoxicants, staggering gait, confusion and illogical, untruthful responses to questions, according to the motion.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Aug. 2025
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The deficient vice of integrity is being fake, untruthful, inconsistent, unprincipled, and manipulative.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
Adjective
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In luxury, these partnerships need to be much more subtle than contrived campaigns that crowbar the celebrity into every tweet and social post.—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The framing device feels a bit contrived, but the scenes between Dano and Wright are good enough to keep us interested.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Meghan McCain, the conservative commentator and daughter of late Senator John McCain, faced immediate backlash after mocking Greta Thunberg's appearance, comparing the Swedish climate activist to Shrek villain Lord Farquaad in a post critics slammed as hypocritical.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Republicans, however, have called Democrats hypocritical, noting that several of the states to which Texas Democrats fled during their quorum break were ones that have been gerrymandered.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Stories abound in folklore of the unnatural taking the place of the natural.—
Adam Verner
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Changing these molecules would create an unnatural mirror image of a cell, as different as your right hand from your left.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Gellar played Merteuil, the wealthy, popular and devious Upper East Sider.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Yet the movie works by toying with our sympathies in devious and unpredictable ways.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Some photographers flip this assumed authenticity on its head by reverse-engineering studios and sets to resemble homes.—
Megan Williams,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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This serves as an assumed double-revenge game for both Aaron Rodgers and Justin Fields.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Disingenuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disingenuous. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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